Vocabulary
Elastic Clause: Congress has the right to create any law that is, “necessary and proper”.
Supremacy Clause: The U.S. Constitution is the highest ranking law of the country.
Writ of Habeas Corpus: When you are put on trial for a crime, the government has to tell you why they are putting you on trial for that crime.
Bill of Attainder: This Bill is not allowed in the U.S. Constitution; congress cannot declare you guilty of a crime without a proper trial.
Ex Post Facto: You can not be charged with a crime after a law is written about that crime.
Expressed Powers (aka Enumerated Powers): These are powers that are given to the President, Congress, or the Supreme Court that are written into the Constitution.
Implied Powers: Assumed powers that the president, congress, or the supreme court has, but are not explicitly stated in the constitution.
Privileges and Immunities (aka Comity Clause): no citizen in the US is given privileges or immunities. All us citizens are treated equally to one another.
Extradition: The turning over of a criminal from lone state to another.
Republic: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
Popular Sovereignty: A government that is created by the people.
Federalism: A distribution of power with in a government.
Separation of Powers: When a government is divided into separate groups to avoid an over ruling power.
Checks and Balances: A system that evenly distributes power between branches to make sure no one branch is more powerful than another.
Judicial Review: A power that the Supreme Court has that can determine if a law is constitutional or not.
Limited Government: The government has limitations with power towards it's people.
Due Process: A citizen cannot be denied of their legal rights.
Full Faith and Credit: A state must respect another states decision, mo matter how drastic their views. (ALL STATES)
Privileges and Immunities: Citizens from another state must be treated equally to the citizens in the visiting state.
Supremacy Clause: The U.S. Constitution is the highest ranking law of the country.
Writ of Habeas Corpus: When you are put on trial for a crime, the government has to tell you why they are putting you on trial for that crime.
Bill of Attainder: This Bill is not allowed in the U.S. Constitution; congress cannot declare you guilty of a crime without a proper trial.
Ex Post Facto: You can not be charged with a crime after a law is written about that crime.
Expressed Powers (aka Enumerated Powers): These are powers that are given to the President, Congress, or the Supreme Court that are written into the Constitution.
Implied Powers: Assumed powers that the president, congress, or the supreme court has, but are not explicitly stated in the constitution.
Privileges and Immunities (aka Comity Clause): no citizen in the US is given privileges or immunities. All us citizens are treated equally to one another.
Extradition: The turning over of a criminal from lone state to another.
Republic: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
Popular Sovereignty: A government that is created by the people.
Federalism: A distribution of power with in a government.
Separation of Powers: When a government is divided into separate groups to avoid an over ruling power.
Checks and Balances: A system that evenly distributes power between branches to make sure no one branch is more powerful than another.
Judicial Review: A power that the Supreme Court has that can determine if a law is constitutional or not.
Limited Government: The government has limitations with power towards it's people.
Due Process: A citizen cannot be denied of their legal rights.
Full Faith and Credit: A state must respect another states decision, mo matter how drastic their views. (ALL STATES)
Privileges and Immunities: Citizens from another state must be treated equally to the citizens in the visiting state.